The phrase “company culture” gets tossed around a lot in modern business discourse. It must be important because people keep talking about it, but what is it? Most definitions fall along the generic lines…
What Does Company Culture Look Like?
Expertise: A Potential Derailer for Leaders at all Levels
When differentiating between managing and leading, American scholar and organizational consultant Warren Bennis famously stated that “managers do things right, and leaders do the right thing.”
The Wrong Employee… or the Wrong Role?
Every office, warehouse, and production facility has one: an employee who takes up an inequitable portion of the supervisor’s time and effort. This employee may bring important knowledge…
Why Do The Strongest Of Salespeople Frequently Flounder As Managers?
If Wayne Gretzky’s ill-fated attempt at coaching taught us anything, it’s that a positive correlation between strong individual performance and leadership success might not exist. Same thing with Michael Jordan as an NBA owner…
Executive Coaching is Not Just for Executives
When you hear “Executive Coaching,” do you imagine two senior leaders in high-backed leather chairs hashing out performance problems from inside a top-floor, corner office…
4 “Bad Manager” Habits that are Easily Fixed
Bad Managers are great! Not for employees or the companies that employ them, but, for those of us tasked with creating web content, they are gold. Google the topic and see for yourself….
Employee Development Tools on Any Budget
It’s finally here. Tax Day, 2016. Inexorable, ineluctable. Time to feed the beast and render unto Caesar. Or, as Ray Liotta memorably said in Goodfellas… well, we can’t actually write it in a company blog…
“Bad Manager” Greatest Hits
The internet loves lists, and there’s no shortage of “bad manager” lists out there in cyberspace. From Seven Signs You Are a Bad Manager to Seven Signs You Have a Bad Manager…
Shift Your Leaders into High Gear with Executive Coaching
For directors of Talent Management, it’s critical to bring in talent that aligns with strategy, business initiatives, and company culture. Despite these efforts, not every applicant turns into an All-Star….
(On)Boarding the Bullet Train to Job Success
If you’re a business traveler in Japan, a tourist, or simply a railway aficionado, you may be excited about the recent debut of that country’s new high-speed bullet train, the Hokkaido Shinkansen…
